Director Mike Leigh interconnects many denizens of an apartment complex in the gritty drama All or Nothing. The characters, all living lives of not-so-quiet desperation, include intermittently employed cab driver Phil Bassett (Timothy… MoreDirector Mike Leigh interconnects many denizens of an apartment complex in the gritty drama All or Nothing. The characters, all living lives of not-so-quiet desperation, include intermittently employed cab driver Phil Bassett (Timothy Spell); his common law wife, Penny (Lesley Manville); their equally miserable grown children (Alison Garland and James Corden); Phil's friend, Ron (Paul Jesson); Ron's alcoholic wife, Carol (Marion Bailey); and their daughter, Samantha (Sally Hawkins), who, as the film begins, is one of the only characters who believes that positive change is possible. The centerpiece of this ensemble film becomes the Bassett family. When their son unexpectedly dies, there are cathartic revelations of emotion. All or Nothing was screened at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival, where Leigh had won the coveted Palme D'Or six years earlier with Secrets and Lies.